Jan 7, 2025 https://www.ncbiotech.org/news/ummino-going-global-gut-health-supplement

Ummino going global with gut health supplement

Hippocrates, the “father of modern medicine,” is credited with the admonition that “Our food should be our medicine, and our medicine should be our food.” Embracing that belief, a North Carolina State University spinout company founded in 2019 is launching a new kind of “boost” to foods and beverages that captures unique and elusive benefits… 

Jan 7, 2025 Transportation Today

Report: Aviation industry adds $88B to North Carolina’s economy

Data for the report was compiled and analyzed for NCDOT by N.C. State University’s Institute for Transportation Research and Education, and were calculated based on factors like jobs supported by the airports and the businesses that rely on them, as well as the impact of airport capital projects and operations. 

Jan 7, 2025 Forbes

How Property Owners Can Easily Improve Energy And Water Efficiency

If the concern is about the cost of purchasing the equipment, the EPA provides a rebate finder tool to help locate rebates to help purchase. Plus, North Carolina State University funds the Dsire database of state incentives for renewables and efficiency. Simply enter the respective zip code and the site generates a list of loans,… 

Jan 7, 2025 MSN

How we classify flood risk may give developers and home buyers a false sense of security

This phenomenon, called the “safe development paradox,” is described in a new paper from North Carolina State University. Lead author Georgina Sanchez, a research scholar in NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics, said this may be an unintended byproduct of how the Federal Emergency Management Agency classifies areas based on their probability of dangerous flooding. 

Jan 6, 2025 Yahoo! News

At EPA, Trump’s second term is already having consequences

“If there would be attrition of ORD scientific staff, even just a few people leaving, it could significantly degrade ORD’s capability in a given scientific area,” said Frey, who left EPA in September to return to North Carolina State University. 

Jan 6, 2025 ARS Technica

Manta rays inspire faster swimming robots and better water filters

With fins that borrow their shape and motion from mantas, a soft robot created by a team of researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Virginia improves on a previous model by reaching speeds of 6.8 body lengths per second, nearly double what its predecessor was capable of. This makes it the… 

Jan 6, 2025 Cosmos

Watch the fastest swimming soft robot move like a manta ray

“The previous model could only swim on the surface of the water,” says Jie Yin, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University and corresponding author of a paper describing the work in Science Advances. 

Jan 6, 2025 CBS17

A look at North Carolina’s new laws in 2025

Steven Greene, a political science professor at North Carolina State University, said SB 382 is one of the big talkers entering the new year. “Would Republicans have changed these laws had Republicans won these offices?” Green said. “I think the answer is no. If that’s the case, you have to consider whether it’s the right… 

Jan 3, 2025 ARS Technica

Magnetic shape-shifting surface can move stuff without grasping it 

“There is not much research on using magnets to manipulate non-magnetic objects. It is very, very hard,” says Yinding Chi, another NC State researcher and lead author of the study. The idea Chi and his colleagues came up with could be compared to a refreshable Braille display. They imagined a surface dotted with domes that could… 

Jan 3, 2025 WUNC

North Carolina governor will start his term off much like his predecessor did, in court

“It’s just kind of a sore-loser form of politics,” said Steven Greene, who teaches political science at North Carolina State University. “That you didn’t get the result you wanted, so you’re going to change things to take power away held by the other party.” 

Jan 3, 2025 NBC News

Christmas tree farms face new perils

There are longer-term risks from Helene, said Justin Whitehill, who directs the Christmas Tree Genetics Program at North Carolina State University. The hurricane’s waters could worsen the spread of the water-borne root disease that was responsible for the Irish potato famine, which goes by the name phytophthora. Fraser firs, the most popular breed of Christmas… 

Jan 3, 2025 ABC News

Is the Teamsters protest at Amazon disrupting holiday deliveries?

“It’s possible a small percentage of customers might choose to buy elsewhere,” Rob Handfield, a professor of operations and supply-chain management at North Carolina State University, told ABC News. 

Jan 2, 2025

Magnetic shape-shifting surface can move stuff without grasping it

When you want to move an object from one place to another, you usually grab it with your hands or a robotic arm. But what if you want to move something you cannot touch without damaging or disrupting it, like a droplet of liquid? A solution proposed by a team of scientists at the North… 

Jan 2, 2025

Christmas tree farms face new perils

There are longer-term risks from Helene, said Justin Whitehill, who directs the Christmas Tree Genetics Program at North Carolina State University. The hurricane’s waters could worsen the spread of the water-borne root disease that was responsible for the Irish potato famine, which goes by the name phytophthora. Fraser firs, the most popular breed of Christmas… 

Jan 2, 2025

North Carolina governor will start his term off much like his predecessor did, in court

“It’s just kind of a sore-loser form of politics,” said Steven Greene, who teaches political science at North Carolina State University. “That you didn’t get the result you wanted, so you’re going to change things to take power away held by the other party.”